what is the most venomous animal in the world?

Answer 1

Bush, baby!

Answer 2

Define venomous. The Australian Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) injects enough poison in one bite to kill one hundred human adults. Its poison is one of the most toxic substances in the world. However, they are extremely shy and if they encounter an animal which is too big to be prey, they make a sharp exit. So, human fatalities are almost unknown. Similarly, the Poison Arrow Frog (Dendrobates auratus) is incredibly poisonous - one microgram of their toxim will kill a human. However, they have no way of vectoring the poison to a human and you'd have to be pretty dumb or from Milton Keynes to eat one. The box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri or Carukia barnesi) are right buggers - if you get stung you are probably out swimming and your chances of survival are minimal. The pain is beyond belief, but you'll probably drown rather die of the effect of the poison. Small comfort. They kill about seventy people a year. The big boys on the block, though, are Russell’s viper (Daboia russellii) the Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) the Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) and the Common Krait (Bungarus caerulus), which range throughout Asia, particularly the Indian subcontinent. Their habitat overlaps with humans, they have no fear at all and will bite to defend their territory. They kill 20 to 30,000 people per year.

However, defining 'venomous' in its widest sense the worst of the bunch is the female Anopheles mosquito, which carries and spreads the Plasmodium falciparum parasitic protozoan, which causes malaria. Three hundred million people are currently infected with malaria - one million will die this year, and another million next year.

Answer 3

hmmm...

A good example of defense can be found in stonefish. They store their toxin in gruesome-looking spines that are designed to hurt would-be predators. This homely creature will win no beauty prize, but deserves honor and respect for being "The World's Most Venomous Fish."

Toxins also are designed to kill prey or, at least, slow them down. This is the tactic used by many snakes. The prize for "The World's Most Venomous Snake" goes to the inland taipan of Australia. But the top prize, "The World Most Venomous Animal," should go to the box jellyfish, which is found in the waters around Asia and Australia. They have long tentacles with stings at the very ends.

Answer 4

There are several contestants for this dubious honor.

Mammal-Platypus

Fish-Stonefish

Invertebrate- uncertain but possibly blue ringed octopus

Reptile- uncertain
list:
American Copperhead
Asp Viper
Australian Copperhead
Bamboo Viper
Black Snake
Black Mamba
Boiga
Boomslang
Brown Snake (Australian)
Bushmaster
Common lancehead
Coral Snake
Cottonmouth
Death Adder
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Egyptian Cobra
Eyelash Viper
Fea's Viper
Fer-de-lance
Fierce Snake
Gaboon Viper
Green Mamba
King Cobra
Indian Cobra
Krait
Lancehead
Philippine Cobra
Rattlesnakes
Red Spitting cobra
Russell's Viper
Saw-scaled Viper
Sea Snakes
Sidewinder
Taipan
Tiger Snake
Urutu
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Answer 5

Most Venomous Animal
A single sea wasp (a kind of jellyfish with 60 tentacles, each 15 feet long) has enough venom to kill 60 adult humans.

Answer 6

Most Venomous Animal
A single sea wasp (a kind of jellyfish with 60 tentacles, each 15 feet long) has enough venom to kill 60 adult humans.

Answer 7

I don't know but the venom from the African Arrow Frog has been known to cause super-human like powers when taken from sub-q forms of innoculation.

Maybe the Coral Snake? They seem to be pretty deadly.

Answer 8

The Phyllobate Terribilis is the most poisonous frog in the world. It has enough toxin to kill up to 10 humans,or even 20,000 mice! This frog is considered the most poisonous animal in the world. If you were to take poison from this frog, equal to the size of the period at the end of this sentence, it would be enough to kill a full grown human.

Answer 9

Most venomous: Box Jellyfish
Most deadly: Mosquito
Most bang for your buck: Asian Cobra

Answer 10

The Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

Answer 11

Dart Frog from the Rain Forest.